Daily News, Fri, July 12

Interesting study on us. Who are we? Interesting: We conclude that runners tend to be well into adulthood and with several years of running experience before running their first ultramarathon, but 25% have only been regularly running for 3 years or less at the time of their first ultramarathon.

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13 Responses to "Daily News, Fri, July 12"

As someone who has a dream of running Hardrock and lives at 400 feet, I think a Hypoxico tent would be essential to training.

Also PEDs have negative long-term side-effects. I don’t see anything negative happening long-term with a Hypoxico tent – and wouldn’t it be essentially the same as moving to Silverton for a year (which we certainly wouldn’t ban)?

Now I just need to convince my wife that we should drop $3,000 on a Hypoxico system. (It’s basically the same cost as a racing bike!)

Thanks for posting the link to the diabetic ultrarunner blog! My son was recently diagnosed Type 1. As un ultrarunner and someone new to learning about Diabetes, I have been wondering if long-distance running is something that could be in the cards for my son (if he so chooses). Thanks!

Hi Brian,
I think there’s a pretty big group of diabetic ultrarunners from whom to find info.
Out sport is all about adapting to the situation, right? Diabetics get to practice their whole lives.
Best of luck,
Eric

Hypoxico Tents are in no way equivalent to EPO or other PEDs. PED’s artificially enhance your bodies chemistry beyond what it would be capable of naturally. The tents simply put your body at a higher altitude and let your normal body chemistry do the rest. If you ban the tents you have to ban training or living at altitude. (in my opinion)

As someone who has a dream of running Hardrock and lives at 400 feet, I think a Hypoxico tent would be essential to training.

Also PEDs have negative long-term side-effects. I don’t see anything negative happening long-term with a Hypoxico tent – and wouldn’t it be essentially the same as moving to Silverton for a year (which we certainly wouldn’t ban)?

Now I just need to convince my wife that we should drop $3,000 on a Hypoxico system. (It’s basically the same cost as a racing bike!)

Thanks for posting the link to the diabetic ultrarunner blog! My son was recently diagnosed Type 1. As un ultrarunner and someone new to learning about Diabetes, I have been wondering if long-distance running is something that could be in the cards for my son (if he so chooses). Thanks!

Hi Brian,
I think there’s a pretty big group of diabetic ultrarunners from whom to find info.
Out sport is all about adapting to the situation, right? Diabetics get to practice their whole lives.
Best of luck,
Eric

Hypoxico Tents are in no way equivalent to EPO or other PEDs. PED’s artificially enhance your bodies chemistry beyond what it would be capable of naturally. The tents simply put your body at a higher altitude and let your normal body chemistry do the rest. If you ban the tents you have to ban training or living at altitude. (in my opinion)